AICE Media Studies AS level

  1.   How does your product use or challenge conventions AND how does it represent social groups or issues?      I feel that the music video I created uses multiple conventions. I think it showed different camera angles based on where I was for each scene. Not too many but more than one. One convention that was not really used were some of the Mise-en-scene. These are the props, lighting, costume, hair, makeup, colors. We did not worry about these. For example, we did not have any props, we used the sun as our lighting, did not use any costumes, hair, or makeup, and did not do anything about the colors. All we had to worry about was the location. The two locations I picked were my house and a park near my house.  We also did not really use an editing routine. We just editing all the videos together. Then added music to it. It came out to be longer than one minute long. So what I did was trim some of the scenes so they were not as long. Now it is ...

      This was my first time creating a music video. I had a lot more fun with it than I thought I would. It was definitely very hard to stay serious the whole time during it. This is because I was creating this with close friends and we always find some way to laugh when we are together. We filmed this on my iPhone. Our first scene was filmed in the bathroom. It is supposed to be me practicing talking to a girl. For the rest of the scenes, we decided to do them outside. We walked to a local park near the house. We then proceeded to film the rest of the music video. The next scene is supposed to be me trying to tell this girl how I feel about her. In this scene, she rejects me. That is the end of that scene. After that the next scene is me being upset at a chair because of how I got rejected. After that, the scene is me building up the confidence to attempt to tell her how I feel again. This scene isn't for too long. The next scene is me telling her how I feel. She feels ...

  I put all the scenes in the order that was in the correct way according to my storyboard blog. I then had to make sure that I had all the scenes had the correct amount of time in each scene. For example, I had to trim one video by 10 seconds to make the video only one minute long. I saw that the video was about one minute and thirty-five originally. Every scene was put into the film but due to how long they were some had to be cut short. The editing was done on my iPhone. I used the application "iMovie". "iMovie" is a free editing software.  The scene in the beginning, in front of the mirror, was cut short due to how long it was. It was maybe ten seconds. It got cut to about five seconds. Some other scenes were cut short as well. I only cut down every scene by a few seconds so that they made sense. Every single scene is at the correct time and not sped up. I made sure that I was making the right actions for my acting scenes. I made that the other actor knew what t...

      Yesterday on December 2, 2020, I completed my music video for my AICE Media class. I finally got two people that were available to film with me. Felt like the first everyone was free from their busy schedule. One of them was filming and the other one was acting. So we started after school around 3:30. We all met up at my house to create the music video. The next thing that we did was watch the official music video for the song that I used. After that, we watched some other videos too to get some more examples of music videos. Thankfully we did the idea that I originally had. Which was to make it a love story in the music video. We decided to film the first scene in front of a mirror. It made the lyrics sound more literal. This only took one try. It was a very simple scene and lasted about three seconds. For a few of the other scenes we decided to do them outside. It improved the lighting in our shots. The music video after cutting the scenes turned out to be exactly...

       In this project, a friend of my own, and I will be doing the work. They are only one of my actors in the production. While I will be doing the editing and producing all on my own. During Thanksgiving break, I wanted to spend as much time as I could with my family. This is because I usually baseball and do not have much time to bond with them. I did have baseball as well but since there was no school I was able to spend more time with them. I am planning on working on my music video this week with my friend. We will be at her house for it. During Thanksgiving break, she was also out of town so it would've been impossible for me to film with her. The music video will be taken in multiple sceneries. This is because the house is fairly big. so I feel that we should use multiple parts of the house. The song I chose is "Love Me" by "Lil Tecca". That is in the rap genre. Since the song is fast-paced I also feel that multiple sceneries will make it look better. F...

  First Scene- Actor 1 is looking at his outfit in the mirror and is practicing what to say. This scene will be shot from a side angle. He will be checking himself out. He will also be making sure everything looks right. Second Scene- In this scene, Actor 1 is trying to tell Actor 2 how he feels about her. This scene will be a 2 shot that is shot from a close-up shot. It will show the actor's emotions up close. Third Scene- Actor 1 is trying to figure out why he got rejected by Actor 2 and why she doesn’t want him. This will be shot from a side view. Actor 1 will be sitting and will be upset. He will try to figure out why he is getting rejected. Fourth Scene- In this scene, Actor 1 is convincing himself that he is good enough for Actor 2 and encouraging himself. This scene will be a  high camera shot. This shows him gaining confidence and bettering himself. Fifth Scene- Actor 1 and Actor 2 talk again in this scene. Actor 1 is able to change Actor 2’s mind about him. This scene...

  Props The song that I decided to chose for my music video is "Love Me" by "Lil Tecca". When I record the plot will be a guy trying to get a girl to fall in love with him. A friend of mine will be one of the actors and another one will be recording. I will also be an actor. When I will be creating this music video all the actors will be wearing normal clothes. Clothes you would see someone wearing as an everyday outfit. We will not need many props. Most I will need will maybe be a chair or a few. I will probably use more props though. Costumes There will not be costumes in the music video. Actors will wear an everyday outfit. Not too many people will be shown in my music video. Schedule On 11/16/2020 I will start looking for research for my music video. I will also start thinking of a theme and plot. On 11/17/2020 I will decide what clothes my actors will wear. I will also figure out all locations. I will also figure out an emergency back up plan. On 11/18/2020 I w...